The development of fine motor skills is an important part of early learning and there are many ways to promote fine motor skills through fun, playful, and interesting hands on activities. If you would like to learn more about Fine Motor Play then read this post: Every Day Fine Motor Play!
See the fine motor posts I have shared below...
Building fine motor skills at the apple tree play dough table
As part of our fun with apples, I thought it would be a good time to set out our homemade red play dough and invite the children to practice their skill of rolling the play dough to make apples for our apple tree…
15 Fabulous fingerplays and facts
Having a set of fingerplays in your toolbox of teaching skills is a must do for anyone working in an early childhood environment.
Fun props for playdough
Adding props to playdough is just one more way to invite new interest in the playdough experience. Come and see a few of our props that we add to our playdough throughout the school year!
One-inch sandbox play
This simple one-inch sand-play experience invites a different kind of sand play. Affordable and Simple to set-up and open ended too!
Squeeze art: a beginner’s exploration of the world of art
A beginning exploration in the world of art with this fun and very open ended form of squeeze art.
Puffy paint sunflowers
Using puffy paint to draw sunflowers in preschool promotes the use of our fine motor skills!
Making rainbow fish puzzles in preschool
As part of our exploration of fish, the children created their own sparkly rainbow fish puzzles!
The discovery of glue
For a two year old, the discovery of colored glue (or any type of glue) is quite a big deal. Come and learn more about our discovery of glue!
The magic of tape
Somewhere towards the middle of the school year, I put all of our colored tape on a paper roll holder for our preschool class to use for a project that I can’t even remember. I hadn’t intended to keep the tape on the holder but my students used the tape every day in all different kinds of ways so when you have such interest, you stick with it…
Wonderful watermelons
We spent the morning reading about watermelons, tasting and creating watermelons in our preschool classroom!
A pinteresting Earth day globe for preschoolers
In our continued celebration of Earth day, the children explored the process of pinning the things we care for to a rather unique DIY globe!
Gummy worm science
Yesterday, I shared with you how we used live worms to create a worm farm. Today, I’d like to tell you about our gummy worm science.
The bloggers talk about fine motor skills
I am joining three of my fellow bloggers on Google+ today for a live video chat on the topic of fine motor skills. Stop by to tune in and listen in!
National dental health month: Let’s brush our teeth!
Our students enjoyed National Dental Day through two super fun hands-on tooth brushing centers and a visit from the dentist!
Upside down, wacky weaving
Reading Dr. Seuss “Wacky Wednesday” and exploring wacky weaving in the preschool classroom.
We explored mitten weaving in preschool
Exploring the process of mitten weaving and extending our understanding of where mittens come from.